Trent Schroyer is Professor of Sociology-Philosophy in the school of Theoretical and Applied Science. Originally a scholar of critical theory in the last 15 years he has become a participant in networks of International Scholars and Citizens Organizations on problems of Sustainability, alternative social economics and cultural alternatives to development. Specifically he has been Program Co-ordinator for the counter G-7 summits in the United States in 1990 and 1997 and edited the book "A World that Works: Building Blocks for a Just and Sustainable World" for the latter event. Currently he is chair of the Other Economic Summit /U.S. Attending the Earth summit in Rio in 1992 and the follow up series of conferences, such as "From Rio to the States", as well as other conferences at the United Nations in New York. He also participated in the first three sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at the U.N. As an NGO rep. More recently he has helped organize a series of conferences at Ramapo college on Sustainability and continues to work and write on these issues as Co-Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies. Encountering many networks of international scholars and activists he has become a member of the International Network for Cultural Alternatives to Development (INCAD) and worked with this network in interaction with grass roots activists around the world.
Wayne Hayes, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University. He has served a number of community and environmental organizations as an advocate planner, specifically advising on the political economy of economic development and industrial and commercial land use. He was a founding Trustee and a Commissioner of Economic development in Jersey City for nine years, including chairing what was then the largest Urban Enterprise Zone in the USA. This hands-on experience provided a position from which to understand development practices and mediate among competing stakeholders. This practical experience helps him maintain the Environmental Internship program within the Environmental Studies major at Ramapo College.
His long-term academic interests include regional and urban development that today approximate sustainable development. His courses include
Public Policy, largely web-based, which examines the overall political process of policy making in the USA. Currently, he is injecting the theme of sustainable development into that required Environmental Studies course.
Inside America, which examines regional trends within the USA, with special attention to development and distributive issues.
Wayne maintains an active professional interest in the evolving pedagogy of instructional technology. He maintains over 200 web pages to support his teaching. He is currently at work on the Sustainable Development Web Site and a Primer on Sustainability to support the web site and his own Public Policy course.
He also serves as President of the Ramapo College local of the AFT, which sharpens his administrative and political skills, and continues his long term advocacy of the interests of those stakeholders often disadvantaged by existing institutional practices.